Kevin-Prince Boateng named most influential Ghanaian footballer

Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng has retained his position as the Most Influential Ghanaian Footballer on Social Media in the 2017 Ghana Social Media Rankings spearheaded by Avance Media, CliQAfrica, eazzysocial and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH.

Boateng, who has over 6.5 million followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, also recorded over 200,000 new followers in 2017.

Following keenly is 2015 frontrunner, Michael Essien, who recorded over 740,000 new followers in 2017.

Juventus FC midfielder, Kwadwo Asamoah, who grew his accounts from 1,220,669 followers to over 2 million, recorded the highest number of new followers totaling 817,331 in 2017.

New entrants on the annual ranking include: Baba Rahman and Thomas Partey at 8th and 9th positions respectively.

Full report on the 2017 Ghana Social Media Rankings is available on www.smrankings.org

Below is the 2017 Top 10 Most Influential Footballers on Social Media:

1. Kevin-Prince Boateng

2. Michael Essien

3. Kwadwo Asamoah

4. Christian Atsu

5. Asamoah Gyan

6. Sulley Muntari

7. Andre Ayew

8. Baba Rahman

9. Thomas Partey

10. Samuel Inkoom

The ranking, which is based on the GSMR Score, was analysed from their Social Media followings, Growth Difference, Engagements, Post Reaches and Mentions.